Present
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae from three locations in Crete and Israel
Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Sarah Faulwetter, Christos Arvanitidis
Habitat: rocky substrate with photophilic algae (Sargassum spp., Cystoseira spp)
Scuba diving, plexiglas frame of 25x25cm with a net attached to its top was pressed to rock, surface was scraped and sample sucked into a collection net of 60µm mesh size by help of a suction device attached to a dive bottle. Samples were preserved in 96%
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Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd- National Institute of Oceanography
Van-Veen grab (KAHLSICO, model WA265/SS214) 32x35cm, volume 20 l, penetration 20 cm. The sediment was preserved in buffered formalin 10% for 3–7 days, then sieved through a 250 µm mesh sieve and subsequently stored in 70% ethanol
This is the yet unnamed species Sphaerosyllis sp. described by San Martín, 2003 (Fauna Iberica); Habitat: sandy to muddy sediments